Course Description:Surveys Latin American history focusing on the development of political and social structures since the independence movements of the 19th century. Emphasizes Latin phenomenon as caudillismo, indigenismo, the Church and liberation theology, and the revolutionary movements in the 20th century.
Course Narrative: This course was very straight forward and focused on the political histories of Latin American countries and how this affected the general population and created the subsequent historical events. The classes focused on one country per week and went into detail on an array of different topics like the treatment of women in each period of time, shifts of government, economy and common occupations. The class brought in many outside resources, including videos of each country and the problems that each country faced in relations to any time period between the colonization of the Americas into present day history and issues. Some of these major historical events were the dissolution of viceroyalties and the current “Pink Tide.” Although the class surveyed one country per week in a certain time period, we could generalize similar societal and political practices in the surrounding countries. Some of the concepts emphasized were the colonization, exploration, dependency theory, exploit based economies, liberalism, dictatorship and much more. The dependency theory was interesting because it showed how ties to strong independent nations are the largest part of many economies, without the partnerships the countries would face great financial hardship. We completed a final project focusing on one country and its political history. The country I chose was Colombia and I did my research on a general survey of the country and focused on the history of the country from start up until the Great Depression. The essay can be found here. MLO 3 was met during this course.
Course Narrative: This course was very straight forward and focused on the political histories of Latin American countries and how this affected the general population and created the subsequent historical events. The classes focused on one country per week and went into detail on an array of different topics like the treatment of women in each period of time, shifts of government, economy and common occupations. The class brought in many outside resources, including videos of each country and the problems that each country faced in relations to any time period between the colonization of the Americas into present day history and issues. Some of these major historical events were the dissolution of viceroyalties and the current “Pink Tide.” Although the class surveyed one country per week in a certain time period, we could generalize similar societal and political practices in the surrounding countries. Some of the concepts emphasized were the colonization, exploration, dependency theory, exploit based economies, liberalism, dictatorship and much more. The dependency theory was interesting because it showed how ties to strong independent nations are the largest part of many economies, without the partnerships the countries would face great financial hardship. We completed a final project focusing on one country and its political history. The country I chose was Colombia and I did my research on a general survey of the country and focused on the history of the country from start up until the Great Depression. The essay can be found here. MLO 3 was met during this course.